Yasuko Namba, a businesswoman
for Federal Express from Japan, was the second Japanese woman to summit
Everest and the Seven Summits. She was part of Rob Hall’s Adventure
Consultants team and summited Mount Everest on May 10, 1996. Yasuko Namba was
born on February 2, 1949 and, at the age of 47, Namba had become the oldest
woman to summit Mount Everest (a record that was later beaten by Anna
Czerwinska of Poland who summitted Everest at age 50) and now other women.

Namba’s hobby was mountaineering
and her summit accomplishments were many including: Kilimanjaro New Year’s
Day 1982; Aconcagua New Year’s Day 1984; Denali July 1, 1985; Elbrus August 1,
1992; Vinson Massif December 29, 1993; Carstensz Pyramid November 12, 1994.

In late April of 1996, Namba
signed on with Adventure Consultants, Rob Hall’s guiding company, and began
acclimatization for Mount Everest. After a sudden storm hit Everest and a
whiteout prevented the climbers from reaching their tents, nine climbers died,
including Yasuko Namba and Rob Hall. On May 10, 1996, Namba froze to death on
the South Col just a few hundred yards from safety.

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